The father of this maiden was Schoeneus, an Arcadian, who, disappointed at the birth of a daughter when he had particularly desired a son, had exposed her on the Parthenian Hill, where he left her to perish.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

While we diverted ourselves at the expense of this poor devil, a shot happened to take us between wind and water, and (its course being through the purser's store room) made a terrible havoc and noise among the jars and bottles in its way, and disconcerted Mackshane so much, that he dropped his scalpel, and falling down on his knees, pronounced his Pater-noster aloud: the purser fell backward, and lay without sense or motion; and the chaplain grew so outrageous, that Rattlin with one hand could not keep him under; so that we were obliged to confine him in the surgeon's cabin, where he was no doubt guilty of a thousand extravagancies.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Co. Health, Strength and Power D. A. Sargent Heroes of the Life-boat and Rocket Ballantyne Heroes of the Storm Douglas Life Boat and Its Work Lewis Nursing S. Virginia Leves Penn Pub.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

During the summer of 1874 Miss Anthony lectured in many places in Massachusetts and New York, striving to pay the interest and reduce by a little her pressing debts, and slipping home occasionally to see her mother who was carefully tended by the devoted sister Mary.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

Enternecido por tanta sencillez y tan fiel y amorosa obediencia, virtió él lágrimas de piedad y de afecto, y nunca tuvo corazón para descubrir a su hija que la imagen que veía en el espejo era el trasunto de su propia dulce figura, que el poderoso y blando lazo del amor filial hacía cada vez más semejante a la de su difunta madre.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

She is as sympathetic to children as to older people; she cuts out wonderful paper dolls and soldier hats, always leisurely and easily as though it cost neither time nor effort.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

It was a positive relief to see one of these dreadful people do anything so homely and pleasant as sow a field, perhaps because it seemed to link them, as it were, with the rest of humanity.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

He had married (as most young men did) because he had met a perfectly charming girl at the moment when a series of rather aimless sentimental adventures were ending in premature disgust; and she had represented peace, stability, comradeship, and the steadying sense of an unescapable duty.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Winslow, who was then governor, wrote a letter to Williams, in which he claimed Seekonk as a part of the Plymouth domain, and suggested his removal beyond the jurisdiction of that colony to prevent difficulty.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

"'I. "'Weep, weep, weep, and weep, For pauper, dolt, and slave; Hark!
— from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography by Charles Kingsley

An accident in his infancy had rendered his person deformed and stunted his growth; and, being endowed with tender feelings and acute susceptibilities, he could not bear to mingle in that society where his own physical defects were placed in strong contrast with the fine figures, handsome countenances, and manly forms of many of his aristocratic acquaintances.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

It was not a pretty doll, and she had played with it so much that its clothes were frayed and torn; but it had a beautiful crown made of gold paper, and a necklace of large blue beads.
— from The Blue Rose Fairy Book by Maurice Baring

He put Peters down and shook him savagely.
— from Wyndham's Pal by Harold Bindloss

When men begin to burn and plunder dwellings, attack station-houses, hang negroes, and shoot down policemen, it is too late to attempt to restore peace by talking about the constitutionality of laws.
— from The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 by Joel Tyler Headley

I looked around as Ben gave the fence one last survey, then plopped down and settled his chin onto his paws with a grunt.
— from The Samurai Strategy by Thomas Hoover

The wine poured down and stained his night-shirt, and then they all began to dread that it would lead to their being discovered, and threatened Charlie with endless penalties if he dared to tell.
— from St. Winifred's; or, The World of School by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

For every favor she has received she has had to pay dearly, and she has learned by sad experience that promises are usually made of fragile material.
— from Idling in Italy: Studies of literature and of life by Joseph Collins